Neh 10
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Now those that sealed were: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,
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Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
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Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,
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Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
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Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
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Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
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Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
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Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these were the priests.
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And the Levites: namely, Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad,
Kadmiel;
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and their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
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Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,
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Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
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Hodiah, Bani, Beninu.
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The chiefs of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
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Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
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Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
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Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
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Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,
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Hariph, Anathoth, Nobai,
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Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
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Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,
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Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
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Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,
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Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,
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Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
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and Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,
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Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
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And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the
Nethinim, and all they that had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands
to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one that had
knowledge, and understanding;
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They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an
oath, to walk in God`s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe
and do all the commandments of YHWH our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;
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and that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, nor take their
daughters for our sons;
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and if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell,
that we would not buy of them on the sabbath, or on a holy day; and that we would
forego the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.
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Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of
a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
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for the showbread, and for the continual meal-offering, and for the continual burnt-offering,
for the sabbaths, for the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things,
and for the sin-offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the
house of our God.
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And we cast lots, the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood-offering,
to bring it into the house of our God, according to our fathers` houses, at times
appointed, year by year, to burn upon the altar of YHWH our God, as it is written
in the law;
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and to bring the first-fruits of our ground, and the first-fruits of all fruit of
all manner of trees, year by year, to the house of YHWH;
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also the first-born of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and
the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, to
the priests that minister in the house of our God;
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and that we should bring the first-fruits of our dough, and our heave-offerings, and
the fruit of all manner of trees, the new wine and the oil, to the priests, to the
chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground to the Levites; for
they, the Levites, take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.
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And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes:
and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, to
the chambers, into the treasure-house.
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For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the heave-offering
of the grain, of the new wine, and of the oil, to the chambers, where are the vessels
of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers:
and we will not forsake the house of our God.